The presidential plane wasn’t always known as
Air Force One. FDR traveled in the
Guess Where II, a transport version of the heavy bomber four-engine Liberator. Later presidential aircraft included the
Dixie Clipper and
Sacred Cow (FDR)
, Independence (Truman)
, Columbine I and
II (Eisenhower)
, followed by
Air Force One
.
For the last sixty years
Air Force One has seen every president and first lady through each administration’s triumphs and tragedies, and has flown over a million miles around the globe.
On the 65th anniversary of the most famous plane in the world, and featuring new and unseen photography of the presidential aircraft, aviation expert and author Nicholas A. Veronico brings Robert F. Dorr’s classic story of the mighty aircraft up to date, detailing how the plane has adapted to the digital age, and what to look forward to as Boeing updates the aircraft once more for 2024.
Get ready to fly!
Circa l’autore
ROBERT F. DORR an air force veteran and a retired senior Foreign Service officer. He is the author of 70 books and thousands of magazine articles about the air force, aviation, and military affairs. He writes a weekly opinion column for Air Force Times, monthly columns for Combat Aircraft, Air International, and Aerospace America magazines, and a quarterly column for Air Power History, which he helped create. He is the author of Mission to Berlin, Mission to Tokyo, Hell Hawks!, Fighting Hitler’s Jets, and Air Force One (all with Zenith Press).
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